Avant Garden

Beautiful flowers and centerpieces just like I had envisioned. The owner even suggested rental baskets for our ceremony since we only needed them for a few hours. Great money saver with the rentals, excellent staff.

After talking to several local florists, I was beginning to think our initial budget was too small. However, Allen at Avant Garden assured me we could stay within budget and still have beautiful flowers. He was very responsive, via telephone and email, and always immediately made the changes I had requested. We ended up getting even more than I had initially thought was included in the contract - the centerpieces were much more beautiful and included a lot more detail than I thought we were getting - and staying completely within budget, even including rental and decoration of the ceremonial chuppah, which was absolutely gorgeous and a very important part of our day. This is honestly the easiest review I have ever written; I cannot think of a single thing that made me unhappy, or less than thrilled, with our wedding flowers.

Avant Garden are the best florists in town! They did a beautiful job with my wedding flowers - I met with Allen (the owner) on two occasions before the wedding to consult on budget, colors, types of flowers and bouquets, as well as logistics of decorating the chapel space and moving all the church flowers to the reception site later. They took care of everything for me on the day! Everybody praised the flowers and the arrangements, and Avant Garden was incredibly professional throughout the process! I didn't feel any pressure to go above my budget, and their flowers were perfect!

I highly recommend Avant Garden in State College. They provided all the flowers for my wedding, and they did a great job. The owner, Allen, was extremely professional and responsive. He listened closely to my ideas, and was very easy to work with in general. The bridal party bouquets and center pieces, and church decor all turned out very well!

Very nice but expensive -- if you just want something simple, you may be better off going with a less expensive florist. However, they are very good with weddings and creating something different and spectacular. I highly recommend going in with plenty of time to spare, because they do book up early for wedding weekends. Their consultations are good, but make sure you stick to your guns if you are getting talked into something you don't prefer!